Kingston Noir

Original stories by: Patricia Powell, Marlon James, Kwame Dawes, Thomas Glave, Marcia Douglas, Leone Ross, Vanessa Spence, Christopher John Farley, Sharon Leach, Kei Miller, and Garfield Ellis. Colin Channer's books include the novel Waiting in Vain, a critic's choice selection of The Washington Post, and the novella The Girl with the Golden Shoes. His other writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Times Literary Supplement. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He's the editor of the fiction anthology Iron Balloons, and co-editor with Kwame Dawes of the poetry anthology So Much Things to Say.

IntroductionPart I: Hard Road to Travel“My Lord” by Kwame Dawes (Portmore)“The White Gyal with the Camera” Kei Miller (August Town)“Tomcat Beretta” by Patricia Powell (New Kingston)“A Grave Undertaking” by Ian Thomson (Downtown Kingston)Part II: Is This Love?“Immaculate” by Marlon James (Constant Spring)“Roll It” by Leone Ross (Mona)“One-Girl Half Way Tree Concert” by Marcia Douglas (Half Way Tree)“Leighton Leigh Anne Norbrook” by Thomas Glave (Norbrook)Part III: Pressure Drop“54-46 (That’s My Number)” by Christopher John Farley (Trench Town)“Sunrise” by Chris Abani (Greenwich Town)“Monkey Man” by Colin Channer (Hughenden)